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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Frog-biting midges (Corethrellidae)

Family Corethrellidae - Frog-biting midges

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
Corethrella - female Biting Midge - Corethrella brakeleyi - female Corethrella sp.? - Corethrella brakeleyi - male Corethrella sp.? - Corethrella brakeleyi - male Tan-winged midge - Corethrella - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes and Midges)
Family Corethrellidae (Frog-biting midges)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly part of Culicidae (mosquitoes) then Chaoboridae.
Explanation of Names
Corethrellidae Edwards 1932
Numbers
a single genus with 4 spp. of in our area(1) and ~110 total(2)
Identification
Swollen mid femur distinguishes this family (genus) from its close relatives.
Range
worldwide, most spp. in tropical/subtropical areas(3)
Habitat
larvae in small bodies of water such as those isolated at the edges of bogs or small lakes(3)
Food
larvae probably predaceous on small plankton(3)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification...
Pape T., Blagoderov V., Mostovski M.B. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 222–229.
3.Evenhuis N.L. (ed.) Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian regions (online version)
Contributed by John F. Carr on 17 November, 2010 - 2:00pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 25 December, 2014 - 9:59pm

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